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Lorenzo de' Medici Featured Programs

The Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (CAMNES) and Lorenzo de' Medici (LdM) are pleased to announce two intensive field schools for academic credit in ancient Mediterranean archaeology. Participants in the field schools will learn and utilize archaeological techniques in the ongoing excavations and preservation of an important Etruscan site in Tuscania, Italy.Click here to learn more.

In this 3-credit Communications course, sports will be viewed in the contexts of nationalism and civic pride, promotion of health and wellness, social deviance, gender, race, social stratification and integration, scholastic sport and higher education, and politics, with particular emphasis on Italian and European approaches to sports.

Led by LdM and CAMNES (the Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies) professors, this course is a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Rome from its origins to the collapse of the Roman Empire. The course incorporates the study of objects and practices from material culture through museum and site visits, including Palatine, Caesar's Forum, and a current archaeological excavation at Hadrian's Athaeneum. Rome Spring 2012 schedule

Selected participants volunteer their time and skills in local communities under the supervision of experienced Italian language instructors. The conversational and cultural exchange provides an invaluable complement to the course's in-class grammatical and vocabulary work.

14-15 October 2011 (500th Anniversary of Birthday, 30 July 1511), ex-chiesa S. Jacopo in Campo Corbolini, Florence

Giorgio Vasari has been extensively studied as a biographer of artists, art historian, theorist of art, painter, architect, courtier to Cosimo I, ringleader for the inauguration of the Florentine Academy of Design, and collector of drawings. Perhaps no other 16th century artist and intellectual could boast such a broad and longstanding influence on the formation of museums in Early Modern Europe and their subsequent development, but his precise contribution to museological discourse has not been addressed in a sustained way. This LdM Conference seeks to bring together scholars of Giorgio Vasari and scholars of historical museology.

Participants in this selective internship will work with professional journalists on www.ldmnews.it, a multimedia website covering current events and life in and around Florence. Participants will gain real-world journalistic experience in areas such as script and multimedia writing, interviews, research, video work, editing, and website management. Florence Spring 2012 schedule